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How are health services paid for? Provide a definition for the term "third-party payer", discuss
the different payers currently operating in the market, and assess the importance of each. Please
use a table format to list the information.
Solution
There are two main payers types: single payer and third-party payer. Single payer is when the
person that obtains the health service is the same which pay for it, here relationship is direct taker
and provider of health services.
However, it is more common the presence of a third party payer, which is an external agent that
covers the other health expenses or part of them, they are insurance companies or public social
protection systems.
Single Payer
Third-Party Payer
Type of relation with provider
Direct
Indirect
Capability to compare Prices/Features
Relatively High
Almost Null
Payment proportion
Full
Low percentage
Single Payer
Third-Party Payer
Type of relation with provider
Direct
Indirect
Capability to compare Prices/Features
Relatively High
Almost Null
Payment proportion
Full
Low percentage

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